Research

Access to old (rural radio) and new media (internet), and the social construction of meaning related to these media;

Creative participatory methods in ICT4D projects;

The role of ICT in enhancing community entrepreneurship in developing contexts;

Visualisations for social change in educational settings.

Active Research Projects:

2018: Research Leader of network e-Voices: Redressing Marginality in collaboration with Universidade Federal Fluminense, Telecentre Foundation/SparkLab, PAWA254, funded by the UK Art and Humanities Research Council.

2016-date: Research Leader of Digital Literacies and Host-Guest Encounters: the case of homestays in Malaysia in collaboration with the University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, funded by Bournemouth University.

2013-date: Research co-Leader of Telecentres and Mobile Technologies, in collaboration with Telecentre.org, co-funded by Bournemouth University.
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Past Research Projects:

2016 – 2017: Research Leader of Quantitative Analysis of User Generated Content: A Study on Informal Learning and Slum Tourism in South Africa – CEMP (Faculty of Media and Communication, Bournemouth University), funded by the British Academy.

2012 – 2014: Research Officer of mCHW – mobile Community Health Workers – London Knowledge Lab (Institute of Education, University of London), funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and the UK Department for International Development.
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2010-2012: Project Coordinator of RE-ACT – Social REpresentations of community multimedia centres and ACTions for improvement – NewMinE (School of Communication, Università della Svizzera italiana), funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
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2008-2012: Project Coordinator of MELISSA – Measuring E-Learning Impact in primary Schools in South African disadvantaged areas – NewMinE (School of Communication, Università della Svizzera italiana), funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Secretariat for Education and Research